Critical Care Scenarios

OCTOBER 4, 2023

What are the ways that patients fail breathing trials, and what can they tell us about how to optimize them for next time? What are the ways that patients fail breathing trials, and what can they tell us about how to optimize them for next time?

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100

Don't Forget the Bubbles

OCTOBER 4, 2023

Can’t get enough of Bubble Wrap? The Bubble Wrap Plus is a monthly paediatric Journal Club reading list from Professor Jaan Toelen (University Hospitals Leuven) and Dr Anke Raaijmakers (Sydney Children’s Hospital). This comprehensive list is developed from 34 journals, including major and subspecialty paediatric journals. We suggest this list can help you discover relevant or interesting articles for your local journal club or allow you to keep a finger on the pulse of paediatric research.

E-9-1-1 111

E-9-1-1 ALS Emergency Department OR 111

ACEP Now

OCTOBER 4, 2023

Exploring Unique Careers in Emergency Medicine Dr. Liz Clayborne didn’t set out to become an entrepreneur. She had her mind set on academic emergency medicine, with specific interests in health policy, medical ethics, and health disparities. The spark that ignited her entrepreneurial journey was a common problem when she was an EM resident at George Washington University: nosebleeds.

EMS 105

EMS OR 105

The Curious Clinicians

OCTOBER 4, 2023

Why don’t we use immunosuppressants for artificial heart valves? Progressive heart valve failure leads to dreadful outcomes, including heart failure and death. Valve replacement surgery emerged in the 1950s and 1960s as a surgical remedy for calcified aortic stenosis and regurgitation. This began in 1952 when Charles Hufnagle was the first to implant a plastic ball valve into the descending thoracic aorta a 30-year-old woman who had experienced rheumatic fever with the resulting damage to her ao

ALS 52

ALS OR ACS 52

University of Maryland Department of Emergency Med

OCTOBER 4, 2023

BACKGROUND: Emergency Medical Services (EMS) systems, especially those within urban jurisdictions, struggle to effectively meet the need.

Overdose 62

Overdose Emergency Medical Services EMS 62

ALiEM

OCTOBER 4, 2023

What potential terrorism agent could be treated with the pictured antidote? Anthrax Botulism Dioxin Ricin Soman Reveal the Answer 5. Soman The pictured autoinjector is a MARK-1 kit containing 2 mg of atropine and 600 mg of pralidoxime. This kit has historically been issued to US service members for treating nerve agent toxicity from agents such as soman, sarin, tabun, and VX, all of which are organophosphates and cause a cholinergic toxidrome.

Plasma 195

Plasma OR ED 195

ACEP Now

OCTOBER 4, 2023

At times, I want to give up this crazy, broken career as an emergency physician. We all recognize that our jobs have become more challenging since COVID-19 broke down our health care system and destroyed many of our social safety nets. COVID-19, vaccines, and health care in general have become more and more politicized, and I think that anyone who continues to deny the role politics and policy play in the health of our patients is intentionally missing the elephant in the trauma bay.

Emergency Department 110

Emergency Department OR 110